Docker - Error response from daemon: client is newer than server

Question

After creating a new machine with Docker Machine, I\'m getting the following error:

$ docker ps
Error response from daemon: client is newer than ser         


        

Answer 1

If someone happens to get this error, but is not using docker-machine, there is another way to resolve the issue by specifying an older API version in an environment variable on the client side:

export DOCKER_API_VERSION=

for example:

export DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.19

and retrying the docker command.

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